niemann-pick disease

English Thesaurus

1. a disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait (noun.state)

hypernym	:	inborn error of metabolism,
definition	:	any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism (noun.state)

hypernym	:	autosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease,
definition	:	a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome (noun.state)

hypernym	:	lipidosis,
definition	:	a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body (noun.state)